Monthly Commons digest

January 2025: the Commons month in review

Ayes and Noes · compiled from official UK Parliament data

Published 31 January 2025 2 min read

January 2025 opened the new year with 22 divisions across six sitting days — nine carried and thirteen rejected — and roughly 10,300 votes cast.

Education was the most frequently divided-on topic. Party discipline was tight: only five votes were recorded against a party majority all month.

22

Divisions

9

Passed

13

Rejected

10,284

Votes cast

Activity through the month

Recorded divisions per sitting day (hover a bar for the date).

0 4 7 8 Jan 2025: 1 division 18 14 Jan 2025: 5 divisions 514 15 Jan 2025: 7 divisions 715 21 Jan 2025: 4 divisions 421 24 Jan 2025: 1 division 124 28 Jan 2025: 4 divisions 428

Bars show sitting days on which the Commons divided; the axis numbers are divisions held.

Notable divisions

What was debated

Topics by number of divisions tagged (locally derived).

Rebellions

5 votes were cast against an MP's own party majority this month.

Largest rebellion — 2 MPs voted against their party majority

Women’s State Pension age (Ombudsman report and compensation scheme): Ten Minute Rule Motion

28 Jan 2025

Most active MPs

By recorded votes cast this month (a participation measure, not a judgement of effectiveness). Party shown as at the time.

Early Day Motions

138 new Early Day Motions were tabled this month.

Most signed — 98 signatures

Snares

EDM 705 · tabled by Ruth Jones